Re: [Boost-build] toolsets and tools location selection

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-10-15 02:24:41

On Sunday 14 October 2007 14:54:49 Gennadiy Rozental wrote:
> 
> "Vladimir Prus" <ghost_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
> news:fesp4e$i05$1_at_ger.gmane.org...
> > Gennadiy Rozental wrote:
> >
> >> 2. Why does it adds g++ to the command line?
> >
> > I've checked in some extra debugging, so I'd need:
> >
> >        - The exact content of user-config.jam
> >        - The output of bjam with extra --debug-configuration option
> 
> I manged to figure out msvc 6.5 and intel 9.0 issues. msvc 6.5 doesn't have 
> entry in my registry. Once I've added
> 
> using msvc : 6.5 : "C:\\Compilers\\Microsoft Visual 
> Studio\\VC98\\Bin\\CL.EXE" ;
> 
> to the user config
> 
> it started to compile.
> 
> Intel 9.0 problem was that I used single back slashes in a path. Once I 
> changed it to :
> 
> using intel-win : 9.0 : 
> "C:\\Compilers\\Intel9.0\\Compiler\\C++\\9.0\\IA32\\Bin\\icl.exe" ;
> 
> it worked. You miht want to add it to you documentation.

I though we document that somewhere. Anyway, I've added this request to:

        https://zigzag.cs.msu.su:7813/boost.build/ticket/149

for when I get back to docs again.

> As for the mingw, I can't update at the moment, but here is an output using 
> bjam I got from inet (last milestone):
> 
> user-config.jam - one you requested
> gcc.res - mingw test
> 
> Interestingly enough mingw compilation works if I specfy stdlib=stlport or 
> stdlib=native.
> 
> There us another issue with stlport: how do you specify which flavor of 
> stlport to use? It seems that name of the stlport library is deduced from 
> toolset. For example: stlport_gcc_stldebug. Can't I use single library built 
> with vc8 for all tools?

No, not at this moment.

> If not, how can use version without stldebug? 

Add runtime-debugging=off to bjam command line.

> 
> begin 666 gcc.res
> M8FIA;2 M+61E8G5G+6-O;F9I9W5R871I;VX@=&]O;'-E=#UG8V,M;6EN9W<@
> M=6YI=%]T97-T7V5X86UP;&5?,#$@#0IN;W1I8V4Z(&9O=6YD(&)O;W-T+6)U

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